Welcome to Gidney!
Welcome to the Francis Gidney Memorial Scout Reservation! We hope you enjoy your stay here on Council Island, a neutral land established by a compact of over 20 nations as a nature preserve and outdoor adventure site. Over the course of six competition days Scout patrols from across the globe will test their mettle in five unique events, with the B-P Cup to be presented to the patrol that best exemplifies all-around excellence.
ScoutSport is hosted by the nations of The Scout Promise.
Patrol registration
In order to register the participation of your nation's Scouts, we ask that you provide the following information for each of the eight Scouts in your patrol:
- Each Scout's Individual Attributes form a five-digit number, each digit a 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5, with their sum being 10 points. The first digit marks Agility, followed by Smarts, Spirit, Strength, and Vigor in that order.
- The 10 Octothon Specialities are 100 metres, long jump, shot put, high jump, 400 metres, 110 metres hurdles, discus throw, pole vault, javelin throw, and 1500 metres. Each Scout in your patrol must declare a different speciality; two events will be omitted.
For a straightforward example signup, including everything needed and just a little bit of extra information, check out Waltzing Matilda's entry.
Capacity limitations
You may send up to four patrols. Each patrol must be comprised of Scouts from the same country. A country may have more than one patrol, but total entry from a single source may not exceed four patrols (one troop).
Schedule
The ScoutSport events take place on six consecutive days IC. But in order to provide more time to consider RPs the scorinations will take place on (almost) alternating days and take up closer to two weeks.
Day One (Diskapalooza pool play): Tuesday, November 27.
Day Two (Diskapalooza knockouts; Gravity Derby kits issued): Thursday, November 29.
Day Three (Compass Race; Tug of War pool play): Saturday, December 1.
Day Four (Tug of War knockouts; Gravity Derby safety inspections): Tuesday, December 4.
Day Five (Gravity Derby; Octothon first half (100, LJ, SP, HJ, 400)): Thursday, December 6.
Day Six (Octothon second half (110H, DT, PV, JT, 1500); B-P Cup presentation): Saturday, December 8.
Diskapalooza is an ultimate Frisbee tournament, with round-robin pool play on day one followed by knockout play for up to eight patrols on day two.
Gravity Derby is a set of downhill races between unpowered cars built by the Scouts from kits provided on the morning of day two. Cars are inspected on the evening of day four, and the races take place on day five with one Scout from the patrol selected to drive. The sum of the three best times from four races determines the winner.
Compass Race is a cross-country race requiring the use of map and compass to determine the proper course. It is run on the morning of day three before the pool matches in Tug of War. The sum of the patrol's five best times determines the winner.
Tug of War is just what it sounds like, organized on days three and four like the Diskapalooza on days one and two.
Octothon, run on days five and six, splits the patrol into eight individual Scouts. Each Scout contests their choice of one of the ten events of the track and field decathlon, and the patrol's score is the sum of all decathlon points earned in the eight events attempted. No two Scouts in a patrol may compete in the same event!
Scoring and scorination
The top 13 patrols in each tournament receive points, with 100 to first place, 87 to second, 75 to third, then 64, 54, 45, 37, 30, 24, 19, 15, 12, and 10 for succeeding places. The B-P Cup goes to the patrol with the most points across five events.
Scorination will be accomplished using existing xkoranate files:
- Diskapalooza--Ultimate
- Gravity Derby--Swimming-women's 50 m freestyle-heats (times 25-30 seconds)
- Compass Race--Cross country skiing-women's pursuit 15 km (times 40-50 minutes)
- Tug of War--Judo
- Octothon--All men's decathlon events
Roll of participating nations
- Waltzing Matilda
- Lymantatia
- Yesopalitha
- Blouman Empire (2 patrols)
- Green Jello Salad
- Karditan
- Wight
- Andossa Se Mitrin Vega (4 patrols)
- Euterpe Isles
- Northern Sunrise Islands
- Licentiapacisterra
- Zwangzug (2 patrols)
- Darmen
- Undisputed Atols
- The Babbage Islands
- Bear Scout Association
NB: If an awkward number of patrols enter, the hosts will add in one or more puppets from elsewhere in The Scout Promise to facilitate pool play. Such puppets will have zero skill in all events and no RP bonuses.